Chromecast Compatibility & Transcoding

[Roofus]

Hi Peter

Ok, I have no idea why at the very start I had a problem with E-AC3 files wanting to pass the audio to a separate decoder but the problem has vanished, it was because of this problem you sent me the Ultra profile to test.

So back to the standard profile I have checked a sample of every file type I have with both with a 2nd Gen & a new 3rd Gen and can say every file plays apart from one exception, the full details of my tests are attached but the only file type I cannot get to play is:

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : Main@L4.1
Format settings : CABAC / 6 Ref Frames
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, RefFrames : 6 frames
Codec ID : avc1
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
Duration : 42 min 20 s
Bit rate : 3 778 kb/s
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 23.976 (24000/1001) FPS
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.076
Stream size : 1.12 GiB (91%)
Writing library : x264 core 148 r2721
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=6 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x1:0x131 / me=umh / subme=8 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=0 / 8x8dct=0 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=0 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=18 / lookahead_threads=4 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=6 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=2 / b_bias=0 / direct=3 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=25 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=50 / rc=2pass / mbtree=1 / bitrate=3778 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=10 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / vbv_maxrate=24000 / vbv_bufsize=24000 / nal_hrd=none / filler=0 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00
Language : English
Encoded date : UTC 2017-05-14 07:12:25
Tagged date : UTC 2017-05-14 07:12:25
Codec configuration box : avcC

Audio
ID : 2
Format : AAC Main
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Codec ID : mp4a-40-1
Duration : 42 min 20 s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 384 kb/s
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel layout : C L R Ls Rs LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate : 46.875 FPS (1024 SPF)
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 116 MiB (9%)
Language : English
Default : Yes
Alternate group : 1
Encoded date : UTC 2017-05-14 07:12:25
Tagged date : UTC 2017-05-14 07:12:25

This just dropped back to the Mezzmo logo.

All other AVC/AAC's play apart from this "AAC Main" file type.

Steve